She participated in band, 4H and other activities. She met her husband in 1958 at a local diner. They started dating that same year. They married June 3, 1961.
Joyce was loving and supportive to friends and family. Any friend, rather they be personal or friend of her children or grandchildren, were considered part of the family. She was strong and weathered change as it came along. Her love of family never wavered. She was there for every birthday, wedding, and was present at the birth of all of her great grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband Edward Schasteen, daughter Cynthia Bates and husband Craig, son Kenneth Schasteen and wife Jennifer. Grand children: Kenneth O. Schasteen, Amber Buckley, Thomas and Hunter Bates, and 7 great-grandchildren, and three sisters, Kay Harris, Rosalea DeMott, and Sue Neubauer.